Benito Mussolini în corespondență cu un profesor al Universității din Cluj: inaugurarea edificiului Accademia di Romania din Roma
Benito Mussolini in Correspondence with a Professor of the University of Cluj: Inauguration of the Accademia di Romania Building in Rome

Summary/Abstract: Based on unpublished informations form Central State Archives of Italy (Archivio Centrale dello Stato), this study aims to reinterpret strictly from the cultural diplomacy's point of view, the moment of inauguration of Romanian School in Rome's new building, the Accademia di Romania (1933), erected in Valle Giulia by National Bank of Romania. Organized in a delicate moment, from the perspective of international relations, of the Romania-Italy bilateral relationship, the event was inserted on the line of a cultural policy and propaganda focused on the vein of Latinity and common origin, became the only viable key in which negotiations could take place and enjoyed the participation of high Italian officials led by the head of government, Benito Mussolini, who made a considerable book donation to the library of the Romanian institution. In connection with the inauguration of Accademia di Romania, the director Emil Panaitescu, professor of Ancient History at the University of Cluj, had an interesting correspondence with Mussolini and the decision-making bodies in the office of the Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers, the exchange of letters being relevant on which such an initiative acquires in terms of cultural diplomacy.

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